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Romanticized depictions of this type of criminal include William Ainsworth’s version of Dick Turpin in his novel Rookwood and the title character of a ballad by Alfred Noyes. For 10 points each:
[10e] Macheath in John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera is what sort of criminal, who rides on horseback to rob people on the road?
ANSWER: highwayman [prompt on robber or thief or bandit or brigand or marauder]
[10m] Archer and Aimwell are mistaken for highwaymen but foil the plot of the real highwayman Gibbet in this comedy by George Farquhar (“FAR-kar”).
ANSWER: The Beaux’ (“bo’s”) Stratagem
[10h] The Beggar’s Opera and Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer both include versions of this traditional British song. Gay’s version of it begins “Were I laid on Greenland’s coast”; Farquhar’s version precedes the title line with, “To Flanders, Portugal, and Spain / The king commands and we’ll obey.”
ANSWER: “Over the Hills and Far Away”
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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago AIllinois A100010E
Cornell AJohns Hopkins1010020EM
Georgia StateFlorida100010E
HarvardChicago B100010E
Illinois BUCF100010E
IndianaNorthwestern1010020EM
Iowa StateGeorgia Tech1010020EM
LSEPenn State100010E
MarylandOhio State100010E
OttawaUC Berkeley B100010E
RutgersNorth Carolina A100010E
StanfordWaterloo A1001020EH
TexasToronto B100010E
Toronto AWUSTL A100010E
Toronto CMinnesota100010E
UC Berkeley AColumbia A100010E
VirginiaVanderbilt100010E
Virginia TechMIT100010E
WUSTL BNYU100010E
Waterloo BBritish Columbia100010E
YaleArizona State100010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2111.90100%14%5%